After a brief change of into their regular work attire Tom and Hal took the 20 minute walk to the hotel. Evidently Alex had something else she felt she had to do though what that was she left a mystery. In that entire time no words had exchanged between the two of them. Eventually they arrived at their destination. They walked into the main desk and noticed that despite the recent suicides that had occurred it appeared that all the bodies had been cleared up. The two walked into the dining room at sat down at separate random tables
"So what's this Owner bloke like then?" tom asked while absently twiddling his thumbs.
"I have no idea. When other me got the manager Job it was all done by phone."
10 minutes of silence passed
it was at that moment that Alex rentaghosted behind tom.
"Ok that's taken care of"idally tapping her finger
"What task kept you?"Hal asked passively.
"Disposing of Rooks body. Don't want any visits from the lousy dress sense society" Alex sat down on a chair using a nearby table as a foot rest
"Where did you put 'im?"
"Dumped him back at that archive place"
"Ah that was nice of ya" Tom remarked
"Well it should be more of a shock than the cow would've been"
10 minutes later a man had arrived .He had brown hair wore a black suit with a red tie. He was mid to late 20's
"Mr Thorn I presume" Hal loudly asked although it was not really a question.
"Ah ,you two are early good. And in full work attire excellent"
" So why'd you want us here?"
"Yes your call was quite unexpected"
"Well you did both miss 4 days of work and considering neither of you answered your phones before I felt the moment I got you I should meet with you. As for what I wish to discuss is repair and getting the hotel open as soon as possible"
"given our apparent lack of attendance why would you want us to work for you still?"
He shrugged "better the devil you know"
All three became slightly nervous at that remark. Mr Thorn did not seem to notice.
"It has likely no-doubt caught your attention that there are certain areas of this property that could do with repair or updating. Given that the hotel is currently empty it seemed an appropriate time to make said repairs. So what needs fixing or improving?"
30 minutes later spent discussing minor hotel issues with Alex getting increasingly bored
"Also the bog in room 186 don't work" added Tom
"Ok that definitely needs to get looked at. Is that all?"Mr Thorn questioned
"Indeed." Hall added quite bored with the whole situation
"Well that should be fine. I'll send round the people tomorrow to start repairs around 11am so both of you will be there a bit before to let them in and offer any assistance." Mr Thorn said slightly as an order.
"As you wish" A resigned Hal responded
"Other than that just lock up after they leave "
"Right will do"
"Hello, yeah." "Well where does that put us" "uh huh well i'll be round to sort it" "sorry guys I've got to leave. Apparently my number two needs rescuing. Who knew setting up a nightclub would be such a hassle?"
"You're setting up a nightclub in Barry?"Hal asked wondering if it was a joke
"Yep I'll invite you to the grand opening. Well I'll be seeing you" And then Mr Thorn walked out.
"What a moron. Who would set up a nightclub here. He's clearly too stupid to be the devil. Guess this is real" Hal exclaimed as soon as he was sure it was just the three of them
"So then back to what we were doing before?"Tom said absently grabbing a small stake he hidden up his sleeve.
"It's you're funeral" Hal replied entirely unfazed.
"What will you do if we don't?"Alex asked
Hal raise his eyebrows "I'll stay in Barry. Obviously not at your house, for a few weeks otherwise it would seem suspicious. Then go anywhere"
Alex showed no emotion "fine. Do you promise to not kill until you leave?"
Hal still looked a little surprised" if you and Tom promise to not try to kill me in that time"
Alex then responded "deal"
"I still need to pack so see you at home" And then a chuckling Hal left.
This left Tom and Alex in the hotel alone together.
Tom was stunned "why did you agree to that? You want him dead more than me."
Alex then responded "simple .That gives us 3 weeks to turn him back to our Hal. Somehow"
"And if we can't?" Tom was even more shocked
"Then we kill him. Promise or not" Alex's face told it all. She was deadly serious.
Isle of Grimsay
She realised she had nowhere to go. She had tried to go somewhere no-one would look for her ending up at the isle of Grimsay but it wasn't enough. She had a few days of quiet but no longer, the men in grey suits had found her there. She didn't know what they wanted with her but she could guess it wouldn't be any good. She had killed two people. Her parents would never be able to forgive this. She had one possible place to go and it was not home. She was aware she had never met the people that lived there. She only knew about it from her git of an ex boyfriend but it was an option. Her only option. Christa had to go to Honolulu Heights and hope they would take pity on her.
